Coyotes Go To Heaven

About the Book

This book has several subjects. The main one is about the long history of man's efforts to reduce livestock losses involving coyotes. The evolution of thinking and the influence of a educational program in Kansas brought about changes and resulted in the work of one man that helped change the thinking nation wide. The book also is about the lives of Karen Lee (Hollinger) and F. Robert Henderson. Their marriage has spanned more than 58 years. The book contains stories of happenings along the way. Our storied past in South Dakota, includes historical details of the most endangered mammal species in North America; the Black-footed Ferret. The book, also, contains a Kansas historical information about 4-H and other youth eduction programs about ecology and the environment. First of their kind in the Great Plains.

About the Author

Karen Lee Hollinger was born in Hays, Kansas on January 15, 1936. She grew up in Russell, Kansas. Her family is a long time American traceable back to the Mayflower. Karen's mother, Erba, Karen's mother raised Karen and her brother Kenneth Albert Hollinger. Karen attended the University of Kansas and Fort Hays State University in Hays Kansas. Karen and Robert were married February 10, 1957. Frank Robert Henderson was born in San Antonia, Texas; on the 13th of January 1933. His family came to America early in the 1600s. Following 1933 the family moved often. In 1944 the family settle in Wichita, Kansas. After graduating from Wichita East High School in 1951, Robert attended Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas; where he earned an Bachelor and a Master's Degree in 1956. In 1959 he attended the University of Kansas; in Lawrence, Kansas.